US 11,966,879 B2
Synchronization of digital content
Steven Kessel, Seattle, WA (US); Ian W. Freed, Seattle, WA (US); Guy A. Story, New York, NY (US); Howard Wolfish, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US); Amit D. Agarwal, Mercer Island, WA (US); Nanyan Li, Seattle, WA (US); John Lattyak, Los Gatos, CA (US); James C. Slezak, Seattle, WA (US); Beryl Tomay, Newcastle, WA (US); and Jeffrey P. Bezos, Greater Seattle Area, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,626.
Application 17/656,626 is a continuation of application No. 16/690,939, filed on Nov. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,288,632.
Application 16/690,939 is a continuation of application No. 15/640,252, filed on Jun. 30, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/640,252 is a continuation of application No. 13/620,702, filed on Sep. 14, 2012, granted, now 9,697,497, issued on Jul. 4, 2017.
Application 13/620,702 is a continuation of application No. 12/273,473, filed on Nov. 18, 2008, granted, now 8,832,319, issued on Sep. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040830 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/10 (2013.01) [H04L 67/1095 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored in memory, the computer-executable instructions that when implemented are operative to:
cause presentation of content on a first device;
receive, at [[a]] the first device, input [[data]] from a user while a portion of the content is being presented;
receive, from the first device, synchronization information via a communication network, wherein the synchronization information includes at least time data corresponding to the portion of the content;
store the synchronization information;
receive a request from the user to play the content on a second device;
send the synchronization information to the second device; and
cause the second device to present the content beginning with the portion of the content based at least in part on the synchronization information.